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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
YOS387 Yoshimichi Settsu Shōhō (1644-1648)
丹波守直道
tamba no naomichi
YOS44 Yoshifusa Echizen Enpō (1673-1681)
丹波守藤原吉房
tamba no kami fujiwara yoshifusa
YOS391 Yoshimichi Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
丹波守藤原吉道
tamba no kami fujiwara yoshimichi
YOS394 Yoshimichi Yamashiro Kanei (1624-1644)
丹波守藤原吉道
tamba no kami fujiwara yoshimichi
YOS395 Yoshimichi Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
丹波守藤原吉道
tamba no kami fujiwara yoshimichi
YOS402 Yoshimichi Yamashiro Tenmei (1781-1789)
丹波守藤原吉道
tamba no kami fujiwara yoshimichi
NOB16 Nobufusa Owari Tensho (1573-1592)
丹波守藤原延房
tamba no kami fujiwara nobufusa
TER16 Terukado Mino Manji (1658-1661)
丹波守藤原照門
tamba no kami fujiwara terukado
SHI649 Shigetsune Echizen Jokyō (1684-1688)
丹波守藤原重常
tamba no kami fujiwara shigetsune
SHI909 Shigeyoshi Tamba Kansei (1789-1801)
丹波笹山住陸奥大掾繁榮
tamba sasayama ju mutsu daijō shigeyoshi
NOB243 Nobukazu Musashi Manen (1860-1861)
丹波綾部臣加藤信一
tamba ayabe-shin katō nobukazu
NOR84 Norihiro Settsu Jokyō (1684-1688)
丹羽相模守源則廣
niwa sagami no kami minamoto norihiro
MAS368 Masakiyo Satsuma Kyōhō (1716-1736)
主水正藤原朝臣正清
mondonosho fujiwara ason masakiyo
TOS161 Toshihira Ōsumi Shōwa (1926-1989)
主金山繁次大隅俊平作之
shu kanayama shigetsugu ōsumi toshihira saku kore
YAS573 Yasuyo Satsuma Kyōhō (1716-1736)
主馬首藤原朝臣一平安代
shumenokami fujiwara ason ichi no hira yasuyo
HIS24 Hisakatsu Yamaguchi Shōwa (1926-1989)
久勝謹作
hisakatsu kin saku
FUY46 Fuyuhiro Wakasa Taiei (1521-1528)
久右衛門尉冬廣
kyuemonjō fuyuhiro
HIS158 Hisayoshi Bitchū Kagen (1303-1306)
久吉
hisayoshi
0000-0407 Hisakuni
久國
hisakuni
0000-0518 Hisakuni
久國
hisakuni
0000-0519 Hisakuni
久國
hisakuni
0000-0520 Hisakuni
久國
hisakuni
0000-0951 Hisakuni
久國
hisakuni
0000-0952 Hisakuni
久國
hisakuni
0000-0953 Hisakuni
久國
hisakuni
HIS13 Hisahiro Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
久廣
hisahiro
HIS129 Hisatsugu Bitchū Kangen (1243-1247)
久次
hisatsugu
HIS130 Hisatsugu Bitchū Kōan (1278-1288)
久次
hisatsugu
HIS133 Hisatsugu Bitchū Enbun (1356-1361) ND
久次
hisatsugu
HIS132 Hisatsugu Bitchū Gentoku (1329-1331)
久次
hisatsugu
TOS162 Toshihiro Chikugo Bunkyū (1861-1864)
久留米住俊廣
kurume ju toshihiro
KIY57 Kiyohide Chikugo Tenpō (1830-1844)
久留米住清秀
kurume ju kiyohide
SUK968 Suketoshi Chikuzen Keiō (1865-1868)
久留米住祐利鍛以筑土砂鐵
kurume ju suketoshi kitau motte chikudo satetsu
NAG403 Naganori Hitachi Bunka (1804-1818)
久米長矩
kume naganori
NAG404 Naganori Hitachi Kaei (1848-1854)
久米長矩
kume naganori
HIS51 Hisamichi Yamashiro Genroku (1688-1704)
久道嫡子源来久次
hisamichi chakushi minamoto rai hisatsugu
KUN203 Kunihiro Kōzuke Tensho (1573-1592)
九州日向住國廣作
kyushū hyuga ju kunihiro saku (1590)
YOS730 Yoshisada Chikuzen Keichō (1596-1615)
九州筑前住信國源吉貞
kyushū chikuzen ju nobukuni minamoto yoshisada
YOS731 Yoshisada Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
九州筑前住源信國作左衛門尉吉貞
kyushū chikuzen ju minamoto nobukuni saku saemonjō yoshisada
YOS707 Yoshisada Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
九州筑前住源信國吉定
kyushū chikuzen ju minamoto nobukuni yoshisada
NOB272 Nobukuni Chikuzen Jōō (1652-1655)
九州筑前國住人平四郎
kyushū chikuzen kuni junin heishirō
YOS361 Yoshimasa Chikuzen Kanei (1624-1644)
九州筑前國住人源平四郎作
kyūshū chikuzen kuni junin minamoto heishirō saku
HAC12 Hachirōsaemon Ōmi Keichō (1596-1615)
九州筑後八郎左衛門作
kyūshū chikugo hachirōsaemon saku
CHI168 Chikanobu Chikugo Kyōhō (1716-1736)
九州筑後柳川住下坂五代目親信作
kyushū chikugo yanagawa ju shimosaka godaime chikanobu saku
TEN14 Tenta Higo Tenmon (1532-1555)
九州肥後住典田
kyushū higo ju tenta
DO1 Dotanuki Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
九州肥後同田貫
kyushu higo dotanuki
KO6 Kōzukenosuke Higo Keichō (1596-1615)
九州肥後同田貫上野介
kyushū higo dotanuki kōzukenosuke
MAS398 Masakuni Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
九州肥後同田貫上野介正國作
kyushū higo dotanuki kozuke no suke masakuni saku
HYO2 Hyōbu Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
九州肥後同田貫兵部
kyushū higo dotanuki hyōbu
MAT1 Matahachi Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
九州肥後同田貫又八
kyushū higo dotanuki matahachi